For the purposes of vehicle license
registration, a resident is a person who manifests intent to live or be located
in this state on more than a temporary or transient basis. Evidence of residency
includes but is not limited to:

Becoming a registered voter in this
state; or

Receiving benefits under
one of the Washington public assistance programs; or

Declaring that he or she
is a resident for the purpose of obtaining a state license or tuition fees at
resident rates.

Because every situation is
different, we suggest you call our office at 509-397-6278. However, if you have clear title to
your vehicle and no changes are being made to the names of the registered
owner(s), you may proceed as follows:

A VIN inspection is a verification of the Vehicle Identification Number, by the Washington State
Patrol. Bring your Vehicle, Title, and Registration. Inspection fee is $15.00
to $25.00 and is payable at the time of first registration through the
Department of Licensing. Inspections are held in Whitman County as follows:

All trucks in
Washington, no matter how large or small, carry gross weight. Gross weight or
tonnage is a combination of the weight of the truck plus it’s potential load.
Tonnage is sold in 2000 lb increments beginning at 4000 lbs. For example, if
your truck weighs 4600 lbs empty, and you want to carry ' ton of firewood,
you’d purchase 6000 lbs tonnage. This would leave you 400 lbs for yourself,
your buddy and your gear. Licensing fees for all trucks are based on this gross weight
combination. A truck coming into
Washington from another State needs an empty scale weight reflected on the new
title. Scale weight tickets are available at any certified scale, found at
lumberyards, seed mills, or grain elevators. These are private businesses
and may charge a fee for this service.

The basic fee for licensing a passenger vehicle in
Washington State is $33.00. The cost of licensing a pickup truck vary with its’
scale weight, but a truck licensed for 6000 lbs gross weight would cost
$48.00. Title fee is $11.75,
inspection fee is usually $15.00 and new plates are $1.00. This would bring the
total to $60.75 for passenger vehicles and $75.75 for an average pickup. If you decide to take advantage of one
of our fine subagent offices, then you would have to add an additional $7.50.
To find out the location of our County
Subagents link
here.